Melanie Jones

Black Friday may not be until Nov. 25, but Amazon, Walmart and computer store Newegg promise a Black November with deals and pre-order discounts throughout the month. View our list of the best deals so far, and remember that most items (like those that change every 6-8 hours on Amazon.com) will sell out fast!

Photos, video footage, and spoilers from Nolan's third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt just an ordinary cop? Who is the mysterious Nixon, played by Matthew Modine? Will the Batwing/Batcopter fly? And what is that strange metal sphere spotted in LA and NYC as filming wrapped?

A new report from Essex County reveals instructors urging LGBT students targeted by bullies to combat the abuse by acting less gay. Information packets and conferences are being put in place to educate new instructors, but activists say victim-blaming, not ignorance, is the motivating factor behind the teachers' shocking advice.

Coulter stuck by her controversial remarks defending Herman Cain on The Sean Hannity show, telling Joy Behar last night that the statement our blacks are better than their blacks is both true and devoid of racism. Coulter has outraged Democrats and Republicans alike in the past, linking Occupy Wall Street to Nazism and telling gay conservatives they had no right to marry, but her remarks to Hannity is hurting the candidate she so vehemently defends.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga stepped up her campaign against teen bullying and suicide following the death of Jamey Rodemeyer, announcing plans to launch the Born This Way Foundation in 2012 to help empower youth and inspire bravery in the fight against teen-on-teen abuse. View details on the campaign and learn more about the organization's efforts.

Graffiti artists from the Montreal-based art collective A'shop have created a five story modern art nouveau piece called Our Lady of Grace, a nod to the work of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha. The city and local businesses helped fund the group's masterpiece. See step-by-step photos of the beautiful mural, which covers an entire building side in the N.G.D. district.

Tastebuds.fm, a free dating and social networking site, has released a study showing user's biggest musical turn-offs: those artists whose music is least likely to get them in the mood. Nickelback, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga top the list for both men and women, but the rest of the choices split along gender lines. Whose music is the biggest turn-off for men and women? Click here to find out!

The 2011 federal exam shows U.S. students still lag behind other countries in math scores despite improvements, while reading scores have dropped. Education Secretary Duncan places blame for low literacy on No Child Left Behind, which encourages test inflation and has failed to close the achievement gap between white and minority students in America.

The 2011 Village Halloween Parade swept through New York City, with over 50,000 costumed marchers joining dancers, puppets, and bands for Occupy Halloween. Here, see some of the highlights from Oct. 31, from Edward Scissorhands and Black/White Swan to an airplane float and corporate zombies on parade.

Cain has vehemently denied POLITICO's accusations, but the candidate and his staff are still being asked about nothing else, with commenters grilling the GOP frontrunner mere hours after the story broke. Will Cain be able to rebound from this scandal? or will his use of the Clarence Thomas race card and unconvincing denials by chief manager Mark Block end his chance at the presidency?

In yet another scandal clouding the GOP hopeful's presidential campaign, top aides Mark Block and Linda Hanson are being accused of corruption by news source No Quarter, with documentation showing both election and federal tax law violations involving front group Prosperity USA.

Kim K is divorcing Kris Humphries, and Kardashian fans and TV devotees have taken to Twitter to vent their reactions, from suggestions for Kim's new man (there are many) to burgeoning Twitter trend #ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage. Is your tweet on our top 13? Click here to see!

Lady Gaga has taken India by storm, as Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan join local newspapers, business moguls and fans in adoration after the singer's performance at the F1 after-party, her words of praise for the Indian people, and her unexpected skill with the sitar. Gaga's experience touring Indian orphanages, meanwhile, may have inspired her to form a charity for disadvantaged children.

GOP primary candidates and Democratic presidential incumbent Barack Obama revealed their favorite movies this week. We've graded their picks based on originality and fit for their campaign, including quotes about why they chose certain films. Whose favorite movie is Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Which candidate picked the most obscure favorite movie, Beethoven biopic Immortal Beloved? Click here to find out!

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain is under fire for accusations of sexual harassment in the 1990s, when he was head of the National Restaurant Association. At least two female employees allegedly left their jobs with cash settlements after reporting Cain's sexually inappropriate behavior, including an unwanted sexual advance towards a member of the board of directors.

While some rejoice at the unexpected snow over Halloween weekend, many others in the Northeast face power outages, mass delays, and dangerous driving conditions as the rare snow storm travels up the East Coast. See footage of the storm, including New York' Occupy Wall Street, and view photos of the massive snowfall at MetLife Stadium and across Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Nick Aaronson, a U.S. Airways flight attendant, was found dead in a Hilton hotel room while on layover in Mexico City, killed in what authorities strongly suspect was a homicide. Aaronson, 33, was found naked with his hands tied and a belt around his neck in an apparent strangulation, though no motive or suspect have been found for the murder.

Apple users have been reporting a host of battery problems on the iPhone 4S, noting rapid battery drain and power glitches in the new iOS 5 software. Here are ten tested methods to improve battery life on the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 with iOS 5, including step-by-step instructions to turn off apps like Time Zone, iCloud and Siri.

It's time for Michele Bachmann to go, writes Ned Ryun, president of American Majority, in an official statement echoed by the majority of the Tea Party organization. Bachmann's floundering campaign and recent focus on social issues have alienated former supporters, who now argue the GOP candidate is not an adequate spokeswoman and has no chance of winning the primary.

Some of the best adult Halloween costumes leave something to the imagination, and cross the line between sexy and scary. These ten are the worst, involving putting Hermione Granger in a miniskirt and spike heels and taking clown phobias to a while new level.

Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.

Prince Charles, claiming he is related to Vlad the Impaler of Dracula fame, is using the connection to his Transylvanian ancestor to help promote his interest in preserving Romania's forests. In an interview on upcoming TV show Wild Carpathia, the heir to the British throne praised the country for its timelessness, and said the link to his vampire kin gives him a stake in Transylvania's ecosystem.

Two Pablo Picasso paintings, worth millions of dollars when they were stolen from a Swiss gallery in 2008, have been found in Belgrade by Serbian police on Oct. 26, 2011. The paintings, worth an estimated $4.3 million combined, have never been sold, and authorities are still unclear on both who stole the paintings and what their plans were for them after the theft.

Unthink, which launched a beta version of its web site yesterday, bills itself as everything Facebook is not: it won't make deals with ad companies, it won't invade your privacy, and it will let you dictate terms of use. The site is swamped with users responding to Unthink's message of social media revolution, but will it garner enough followers to really challenge Facebook?

Occupy Oakland organizers are planning a peaceful vigil for 24-year-old Marine Scott Olsen to coincide with tonight's second march to retake Plaza. Olsen, an Iraq war veteran, suffered a fractured skull after being shot in the face with a police projectile.

Occupy Oakland protestors will attempt to retake Ogawa Plaza again tonight, following the news that an Iraq war veteran was severely injured during a violent clash between police and protestors last night. As Mayor Quan is threatened with recall and mass arrests spread through occupied zones in the U.S., will the Oakland riots' violence spread?

Coroner Suzanne Greenaway's report shows Winehouse consumed five times the legal drink-drive limit of alcohol before she died. Winehouse's death at 27 puts her in the company of more than 30 musicians to die by drug overdose of acute alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Look back with us at ten of the most famous members of the infamous 27 Club, and some of their most iconic performances.

Come on, America! Who wants to go to a fake haunted house for Halloween when you can experience real haunted houses (and some terrifying haunted roads) that have years of ghostly visitations and paranormal happenings to their names? Our top 13 picks span the U.S., choosing only those haunted locales with the most documentation, the scariest histories, and the creepiest happenings.

As Oct. 31 gets closer, many Halloween movie lists end up churning out the same old films, movies that may be classics but have worn out both your fear factor and your DVD player. Here, count down our 13 best underrated horror films, from the original version of The Wicker Man to little known movies like May and werewolf film Ginger Snaps.